Full Description
Comics and cartoons from Japan, or manga and anime, are an increasingly common feature of visual and popular culture around the world. While it is often observed that these media forms appeal to broad and diverse demographics, including many adults, eroticism continues to unsettle critics and has even triggered legal action in some jurisdictions. It is more urgent than ever to engage in productive discussion, which begins with being informed about content that is still scarcely understood outside small industry and fan circles. Erotic Comics in Japan: An Introduction to Eromanga is the most comprehensive introduction in English to erotic comics in Japan, or eromanga. Divided into three parts, it provides a history of eroticism in Japanese comics and cartoons generally leading to the emergence of eromanga specifically, an overview of seven themes running across works with close analysis of outstanding examples and a window onto ongoing debates surrounding regulation and freedom of expression in Japan.
Contents
Translators' Introduction: Eromanga in the Global Now
Introduction: The Invisible Realm
Part 1: A History of Eromanga
Memes Spread
Chapter 1: The Gene Pool of Manga and Gekiga
Chapter 2: The Rise and Fall of Third-Rate Gekiga and the Eve of Bish?jo-Style Eromanga
Chapter 3: Bishojo-Style Eromanga Takes the Stage
Part 2: The Various Forms of Love and Sex
Subdividing Desire
Chapter 4: Lolicon Manga
Chapter 5: Big Breasts and Manga
Chapter 6: Little Sisters and Incest
Chapter 7: Disgrace and Training
Chapter 8: Love Stories
Chapter 9: Sadomasochism and Sexual Minorities
Chapter 10: Gender Mayhem
Part 3: Addition to the Expanded Edition (2014)
Eromanga in the Twenty-First Century
Conclusion: Permeation, Diffusion and What Comes After
Pornography Without Sex
Afterword (2006)
Afterword to the Expanded Edition (2014)
Index of Artists and Individuals
